Unknown Mortal Orchestra's 'First World Problem' : : Fresh Tracks

If you’re having a bad day, let Reueben Neilsen make it better for you.

The musical genius and his 3 fellow Oregonians premiered a new track on Annie Macs BBC Radio 1 show and it’s all sorts of good vibes.

“First World Problem” is the first we’re to hear since the dreamy psych-poppy arrangements of multi-love – that song that made me want to ask my boyfriend if we could have a polyamorous relationship with a Japanese girl.

The track is an upbeat disco feel tune with surges of neon synths, lush-tinging brass and groovy-popping bass. Naturally, it features a hooky chorus and some quirky guitar work – it’s a perfect ode to Prince, if you’re still in a state of heartbreak.

Neilsen explained the song’s cryptic lyrics, saying, “I think First World Problem is about modern love in a crumbling empire. The feeling that you’re trying to build your life and get what you need while a decadent world falls apart around you.”

A seamlessly bright track for a gauzy Auckland day. Plus, it has some badass art work by talented local artist/UMO fan girl Henrietta Harris.

Check it.

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Just another girl living in a rundown villa on the fringe of Ponsonby. An art school drop out, creative advertising graduate, and DJ & Electronic music production student, so we guess you could call Sav a creative jack of all trades. Her forte actually happens to be drinking champagne she can can neither afford nor pronounce. You can find Sav hunting for the cheapest kale and B grade Thai food at one of the many markets on her agenda each week, or in her workout gear (after not being at the gym) instagramming brunch at whichever new food joint has just opened up. Sav gets her kicks: listening to Marvin Gaye, making lists, drinking gin, hunting for vinyl, going to exhibitions of artists she's never heard of and gigs of bands with shitty posters plastered along K’Rd.